As part of their Gay Britannia series, BBC Two aired the first of a two-part drama tonight (July 31) called Man in an Orange Shirt, adapted from a novel inspired by a true story.
The first episode followed Michael and Thomas, two men who fall in love at the end of World War II when homosexuality was illegal.
It starts off as a beautiful love story, with plenty of old-school posh-speak innuendo and giggles about the men doing things they shouldn't.
That's how it starts, anyway...
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From just before the halfway point of episode one, our couple is broken up by prison and the metaphorical prison of a wife and child, and it just gets more and more upsetting from there.
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In between weeping into their keyboards/telly screens, viewers praised the production, screenplay and acting (and the strong jawline of a main male actor, too).
The show also reminded everyone of just how far society has come in terms of LGBT+ acceptance, considering the episode was set 70 years ago.
Man in an Orange Shirt continues next Monday (August 7) at 9pm with the present-day continuation of the story.
Make sure you're stocked up on tissues.
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